Recycle your Christmas Trees!

Find your local authority below for details on recycling real Christmas trees in your area

East Devon

After Christmas, there will be tree drop off points in East Devon. Otherwise, you can take Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Knowle (Exmouth) Sutton Barton (Wilmington) and Sidmouth.

Exeter

Registered garden waste customers can put their real trees with their brown wheelie bin on the FIRSTcollection of the season.
You can also take Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Pinbrook Road (Pinhoe) and Exton Road (Marsh Barton).

Teignbridge

Registered garden waste customers can put their real trees in their garden waste collection.
You can also take christmas trees to the Recycling Centre at Brunel Road (Newton Abbot).

Mid Devon

Registered garden waste customers can put out with the brown wheelie bin for collections scheduled in January. Maximum trunk size 6” (15cm) in diameter.
You can also take Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Punchbowl (Crediton) and Ashley (Tiverton).

South Hams

Garden waste collections are currently suspended in the South Hams, so Christmas trees will not be collected this year.
You can take Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Ivybridge, Torr Quarry (Kingsbridge) and Totnes.

Torridge

Residents with green wheelie bins can cut up their Christmas Trees and recycle them through the fortnightly collection process. Please ensure that there are no branches over 1 metre in length or 4cm in diameter.

You can also take your Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Bideford, Deep Moor (Torrington) or Anvil Corner (Holsworthy)

West Devon

If you subscribe to the garden waste service, you can put your real Christmas Tree out for recycling alongside your green sacks between 6 January and 24 January 2020.
You can also take your Christmas trees to the Recycling Centre Crowndale (Tavistock) or Okehampton.

Plymouth

Find out what you can do with your real trees in Plymouth.

Torbay

Find out where you can recycle your real Christmas Trees in Torbay. 

North Devon

If you’re a subscriber, Christmas trees can be cut up and recycled in your green garden waste bin.

You can also take Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Barnstaple, Ilfracombe and South Molton.